The first person to receive a new cardiac stem cell treatment in a U.S. Food and Drug Administration clinical trial is doing well, it was announced last week. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

British scientists are on course to become the first to create synthetic human blood from embryonic stem cells, it emerged today.

The ground-breaking project could provide an unlimited supply of blood for emergency transfusions free of the risk of infection.

Because stem cells multiply indefinitely, it would be possible to make enormous quantities, researchers said. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified the earliest master human heart stem cell from human embryonic stem cells - ISL1+ progenitors - that give rise to a family of cells that form the essential portions of the human heart. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

For the first time in the world scientists have succeeded in developing human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) from a single cell, or blastomere, of a 4-cell stage embryo. This means it might be possible in the future to produce hESC lines at an earlier stage without destroying the embryo. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Discarded fallopian tubes from hysterectomies could be a good source of donor stem cells, say researchers.

Work shows they are an abundant source of the immature cells that have the potential to become a variety of the body's tissues, like muscle and bone. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

President Barack Obama's is overturning his predecessor's policies toward embryonic stem cells also will include a broad declaration that science — not political ideology — would guide his administration. picked by juaner899 9 months ago

Doctors may soon be able to patch up damaged bones and joints anywhere in the body with a simple shot in the arm.

A team at Keele University is testing injectible stem cells that they say they can control with a magnet. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

US scientists say stem cells are not necessary for cloning and other cells may even be better candidates for curing diseases. picked by hypnotode 3 years ago

Chinese scientists have given cells from adult pigs the ability to turn into any tissue in the body, just like embryonic stem cells.
They hope the breakthrough could aid research into human disease, and the breeding of animals for organ transplants for humans.
It may also enable the development of pigs that are resistant to diseases such as swine flu. picked by bingo 6 months ago

Great information for men want continue look young. picked by inakisant 3 years ago

A human growth factor that stimulates blood stem cells to proliferate in the bone marrow reverses memory impairment in mice genetically altered to develop Alzheimer's disease. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine issued a plan today for how it would spend the $3 billion assigned by the state’s voters to finance stem cell research. picked by afeldman 3 years ago

It’s the first documented demonstration that ordinary cells from an adult human can be used to make cloned embryos mature enough to produce stem cells. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

Federal regulators have cleared the way for the first human trials of human embryonic stem-cell research, authorizing researchers to test whether the cells are safe to use in spinal injury patients. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Human embryonic stem cells can partly restore vision in blinded rats. What are we waiting for? Oh yah, our current government doesn't support stem cell research. picked by afeldman 3 years ago

British archaeologists have unearthed the secrets of what is thought to be the world’s first prisoner of war camp.

Experts, working with Channel 4’s Time Team programme, say the camp near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, housed 7,000 captured French soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Transplanted adult stem cells have been found to reverse paralysis associated with spinal cord injuries in lab rats, a new study finds.

*Exciting stuff! picked by bunnysutra 10 months ago

1909: After searching through hundreds of potential chemicals, a German immunologist discovers a compound that can selectively kill the parasitic spirochete that causes syphilis. The following year, he sends 65,000 free samples of the drug, now known as the first modern chemotherapy agent, to doctors all over the world. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

15 minute documentary with facts about stem cells so that next time you know what you are talking about. picked by Lighioana 2 years ago

Stem cell researchers at UCLA were able to grow functioning cardiac cells using mouse skin cells that had been reprogrammed into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago